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 Page 352 (2).—The Pope, who was of the joyous Medici family, Clement VII., and the cardinals, were greatly delighted with the feats of the Indian jugglers, according to Diaz; and his Holiness, who, it may be added, received at the same time from Cortés a substantial donative of gold and jewels, publicly testified, by prayers and solemn processions, his great sense of the services rendered to Christianity by the Conquerors of Mexico, and generously requited them by bulls, granting plenary absolution from their sins.—Hist. de la Conquista, cap. 195.

Page 352 (3).—"Y en fin venia como gran Señor."—Hist. Gen., dec. 4, lib. 3, cap. 8.

Page 353 (1).—Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. 4, lib. 4, cap. i.—Cavo, Los Tres Siglos de Méx., tom, i., p. 78.

Page 353 (2).—Pizarro y Orellana, Varones Ilustres, p. 121.

Page 353 (3).—See the conclusion of Rogers' Voyage of Columbus.

Page 353 (4).—Bernal Diaz says, that Sandoval was twenty-two years old, when he first came to New Spain, in 1519.—Hist. de la Conquista, cap. 205.

Page 354 (1).—Hist. de la Conquista, cap. 195,

Page 356 (1).—Gomara, Crónica, cap. 183.—Herrera, Hist. Gen., dec. 4, lib. 4, cap. 1.—Bernal Diaz, Hist. de la Conquista, cap. 195.

Page 356 (2).—Titulo de Marques, MS., Barcelona, 6 de Julio, 1529.

Page 356 (3).—Humboldt, Essai Politique, tom. ii. p. 30, note. According to Lanuza, he was offered by the emperor the Order of St. Jago, but declined it, because no encomienda was attached to it. (Hist. de Aragon, tom. i. lib. 3, cap. 14.) But Caro de Torres, in his History of the Military Orders of Castile, enumerates Cortés among the members of the Compostellan fraternity.—Hist. de las Ord. Militaires (Madrid, 1629), fol. 103 et seq.

Page 356 (4).—Merced de Tierras Immediatas á Mexico, MS., Barcelona, 23 de Julio, 1529.— Merced de los Vasallos, MS., Barcelona, 6 de Julio,1529.

Page 357 (1).—"The benignant reception which I experienced on my return, from your Majesty," says Cortés, "your kind expressions and generous treatment, make me not only forget all my toils and sufferings, but even cause me regret that I have not been called to endure more in your service." (Carta de Cortés al Lic. Nuñez, MS., 1535.) This memorial, addressed to his agent in Castile, was designed for the emperor.

Page 358 (1).—Titulo de Capitan General de la Nueva España y Costa del Sur, MS., Barcelona, 6 de Julio, 1529.

Page 358 (2).—Doña Juana was of the house of Arellano, and of the royal lineage of Navarre, Her father was not a very wealthy noble.—L. Marineo Siculo, Cosas Mem., fol. 24, 25.

Page 358 (3).—One of these precious stones was as valuable as Shylock's turquoise. Some Genoese merchants in Seville offered Cortés, according to Gomara, 40,000 ducats for it. The same author gives a more particular account of the jewels, which may interest some readers. It shows the ingenuity of the artist, who, without steel, could so nicely cut so hard a material. One emerald was in the form of a rose; the second in that of a horn; a third, like a fish, with eyes of gold; the fourth was like a little bell, with a fine pearl for the tongue, and on the rim was the inscription, in Spanish, Blessed is He who created thee. The fifth, which was the most valuable, was a small cup with a foot of gold, and with four little chains, of the same metal, attached to